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Lot 190
Sale 916 - American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts
Lots 1-410
Sep 30, 2021
6:00AM ET
Lots 411-816
Oct 1, 2021
6:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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$10,000 -
15,000
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$34,375
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Lot Description
A Paint Decorated Poplar Blanket Chest by Jacob Werrey (1838-1893)
Fulton County, Ohio, Dated 1885
with stenciled basket of flowers to front, initialed BR and dated.
signed in pencil on underside German Township / Fulton Co. Ohio / March 20th 1885 / Made by Jacob Werrey.
Height 28 x width 48 x depth 23 inches.
Of the known Werrey chests painted in this style, this is generally acknowledged to be the best preserved, retaining most of original vibrant paint.
Exhibited: A Tradition of Progress: Ohio Decorative Arts 1860-1945. Ohio Decorative Arts Center, Lancaster, Ohio 2015.
signed in pencil on underside German Township / Fulton Co. Ohio / March 20th 1885 / Made by Jacob Werrey.
Height 28 x width 48 x depth 23 inches.
Of the known Werrey chests painted in this style, this is generally acknowledged to be the best preserved, retaining most of original vibrant paint.
Exhibited: A Tradition of Progress: Ohio Decorative Arts 1860-1945. Ohio Decorative Arts Center, Lancaster, Ohio 2015.